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Hi all, I live in a 1950s semi, and a few years back we had constant issues with the electric tripping. Especially with computer equipment. It was discovered that both ours and the neighbours were using the same feed, so they split the feed and put us on different phases (I am not a sparky...

Hi... Please could help me... I have an old upvc front door, which won't shut properly now. It is catching at the top on the opposite side to the hinges. Is it possible to lower that corner slightly via the hinges? And if so how? I have are attached some pictures of the hinges, there are...

I am sorry, I am sure this has been asked 100 times, and i am sure it is somewhere in the sticky...but I would rather make sure that I have this right from the horse mouth so to speak. In brief, I need to replace an existing standard plastic ceiling rose with an IKEA light fitting. However...

Hi all, I hope you don't mind me posting this, but looking through all the guidlines is a nightmare, and I was hoping someone would be able to put me straight in terms of the actual rules. I live in a 3bed-semi (ex authority house), and as I understand it I can add an extension without...

Hi all, First up, I hope I got this in the right forum. If not, sorry. I need some advice reguarding damp proofing. Our house is a 1950s ex-authority semi, so a well built red brick affair. It has been damp-proofed with the exception of a 6ft strech of wall where the old oil tank stood...

hi all, really dumb questions time, which is the right type of sand to lay under a patio. if my memory serves it's sharp sand, but it has been around 8 years since i last did this so could someone just confirm it for me. cheers all, :roll:

hi all, i have a small issue on the side of our house. we are built on a hill and so water tends to travel down towards us. the slabs have been put right up against the facing wall and as such it is getting damp. i'm looking for the best way to create some drainage (or barrier to the...

hi all, not sure if these are related, but i have two problems. first up, the background. I have oil fired central heating and water heating. they operate off of the same pipes with a splitter pump dirverting between central heating and the water tank. I have two tanks in the attic...

hi all, Hopefully a really simple piece of help this time. i want to replace a standard plastic light switch with a new fancy chrome one. however, the wiring behind confused me a little. the switch is a standard single plastic switch which operates two lights in the room, both of which...

high all, could someone suggest the best way of removing an old fireplace. it is the classic 1900-1950 tiled fireplace with a wooden surround, with the hearth sitting proud of a wooden floor. in short i want to get it out without any damage as i have promised it to a friend. any...

hi again, i need to rewire a record deck with two standard phono sockets. that is straightforward as i have a red and a white cable, both with a centre core and a copper braid. however, in addition to these red and white cables, there is a third. this one is much thinner single core...

hi all, sorry if this is in the wrong section, wasn't too sure about here or decorating. i need to remove a 1950s tiled fireplace. i know that the upright section will be held onto the wall be a couple of metal brackets a few inches from the top on each side. however, how is the grate...

hi all, does anyone know if you can put two sky tv links in line, or what peice of kit would allow it? my sky box is hidden away in the lounge, so i need one directly fitted to the box, with a cable feeding off the the bedroom where i'll need another one. any ideas? cheers

hi all, I was about to fit a basic ceiling hook for a lamp my wife brought back from morocco, however the standard light fitting already in place has a spur (although i've no idea where the spur is) and a next light feed off of it. I have been crawling the internet trying to find a ceiling...

Hi all, Just a quick ask for info really. I want to buy a pressure washer to use at home. The usage will be general and infrequent, including; decking, patio slabs, windows, car washing, and also to wash down the house brickwork and roof tiles (moss buildup etc.) The range is huge and...

Hi again, my wife saw a DIY show (the bain of my bank account) which had a guy who had hooked up his guttering to a tank, which then filled his toilets. could anyone give me some details on this. is it easy to do? will it need loads of specialist (and therefore expensive) equpiment...

hi, we have loads of moss on the roof, which keeps blocking the guttering. has anyone got any tips on the easiest way to clean it all off? cheer all

me again, do i need planning permission to replace our converted outbuildings flat roof to a tiles lean-to? cheers joe

Hi all, Could someone explain something to me. our oil boiler heats both our central heating and our water tank (emersion and has elctric as a back up on the same tank). however, the bolier has only two pipes connecting it to the system. how does this heat both the radiators and the tank...

Hi all, I realise that this is not quite washing machine related, but i thought i'd ask anyway! I have a recorc deck that has had the cables cut and I need to wire it up to an old amp. The record deck has two cables that have wire inner cores and a second piece of wire surrounding...